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Pancho Raco

Al hachero de un obraje
Lo llamaban Pancho Raco
Porque era petiso y gordo
Mas bien mataco, mas bien mataco

En su chozita de ramas
Agüita solo tenia
Vaya a saber uno con que
Se mantenía, se mantenía

Era su vida inclemente
Mas pobre que don vizcacha
Sus días se regulaban
A filo de hacha, a filo de hacha

Quien sabe lo que comía
Para engordar Pancho Raco
Si en su libreta decía
Yerba y tabaco

El dinero no llegaba
A los callos de sus manos
Y el patrón no lo tenia
Por ser humano, por ser humano

En su vida solo tuvo
El destello luminoso
En el revuelo del hacha
Sobre los trozos, sobre los trozos

Pancho Raco ya se ha muerto
Pero otros viven su historia
Yo canto esta chacarera
En su memoria, en su memoria

Pancho Raco

A woodcutter of a sawmill
They called Pancho Raco
Because he was short and fat
A bit of a stump, a bit of a stump

In his little hut of branches
He only had water
Who knows how
He survived, he survived

His life was harsh
Poorer than a woodchuck
His days were counted
By the edge of the ax, by the edge of the ax

Who knows what he ate
To fatten Pancho Raco
If his notebook said
Grass and tobacco

The money never reached
The calluses on his hands
And the boss didn't have it
For being human, for being human

In his life, he only had
The luminous gleam
In the swing of the ax
On the logs, on the logs

Pancho Raco is now dead
But others live his story
I sing this chacarera
In his memory, in his memory